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Homicides
445

Last 12 months
Through September 25

Average Homicides
382

Yearly average
2019 to 2021

Homicide Rate
19.3

Per 100,000 people
Last 12 months

Average Homicide Rate
16.6

Per 100,000 people
2019 to 2021


Homicides over the last 12 months are up 17% compared to the annual average over the last three years.

Killings are trending down 4.3% over the most recent 12 months compared to 2021.

The city averaged 9 homicides a week over the last 12 months. In 2019, that number was 5 a week.

One way to think about the danger: three years ago, the murder rate was 12.1 per 100,000 residents. That’s about the same as your chance of dying in a vehicle crash in Texas.

During the pandemic, a person’s chance of being murdered in Houston rose above the likelihood of dying in a vehicle crash.


The risk is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood.

About 45% of people live in neighborhoods where the murder rate is higher than the likelihood of being killed in a traffic crash in Harris County.

ABC13’s data team looked at the Houston Police Department’s data by neighborhood from 2019 through September 25.

A closer look at Houston homicides neighborhood by neighborhood

The map color-codes each neighborhood by the homicide rate over the last 12 months. The darker blue areas are neighborhoods with murder rates higher than the citywide rate. You can also choose to see neighborhoods by the number of homicides.

Click on any neighborhood on the map to see detailed numbers, rates and trends. You can also search for a street name, place, landmark or zip code.